Animation Sketchpad PC

Animation Sketchpad delivers a rapid hand-drawn animation workflow on PC, optimized for pen tablets with thick and thin brush control. Animators leverage layers for line work, color fills under black lines, layout planning, and backgrounds, alongside MP4 and image imports for rotoscopy. Onion skinning reveals prior and next frames for precise posing and arcs, while layout mode overlays blue pencil references across sequences for timing control. Fast multi-frame edits handle copying, moving, and deleting with intuitive keyboard shortcuts. Export animations as MP4 or GIF files for sharing and collaboration, and study bundled demo scenes to master the tools. This app suits artists and animators of all skill levels who prioritize tablet-driven speed and efficiency in creating line tests, animatics, and full movies.

Animation Sketchpad

An extremely fast hand-drawn animation app for desktop using a tablet for thick and thin brush control and intuitive workflow.
Designed by an animator, for animators with a focus on keyboard shortcuts and pen tablet as the main tools.

Fast Animation Workflow

Features like layers, color fill below line, layout and background functionality and MP4 import/export makes this an ideal tool for artists and animators across all skill levels.

Creative Control

Create line tests, animatics and full movies with ease and speed.
Export and import MP4 and GIFs for easy sharing and collabration

Layout Mode

Layout mode allows for pose planning and timing for all animation sequences.
Blue pencil will overlay across all frames for reference and full control on timing.

Onion Skinning

Onion skinning shows previous and next frames easily, allowing for smooth arcs and precise posing

Intuitive Coloring

Test out walks,runs and other character based motions with fast color fill and easy workflow
Color your line animations easily with colors automatically going below black lines.
Adjust backgrounds with blur,opacity and color correction non-destructively.

Simple Rotoscopy

Import in MP4s and JPGs so that you can trace over and animate with speed.
Tablet integration is seamless with easy workflow to check driver recognition and compatibility

Fast Editing

Fast frame operations with multiple frame editing for copy, move and delete operations
Intuitive keyboard shortcuts make timing a breeze.

Main Features

*Color fill automatically under black lines
*Layers mode for line/color,rough animation, layout and background
*Import MP4s, JPGs and PNGs in any layer
*Fast multi-frame operations for duplicate,move and delete
*Layout and rough animation layers for scene planning
*Simple, intuitive workflow for timing and file management
*Onion skinning, auto-save and animated previews
*Bundled demo scenes for learning
*Export and import animation scene files locally
*Export .MP4 and .GIF files for further editing
*Get up and running in minutes
*Bundled animations for studying and learning
*Tested extensively with Wacom and Huion tablets
*Tablet recognition workflow to help users setup tablets

Bundled Training Demos